शैक्षिक संदर्भों में उन लोगों को भाषावैज्ञानिक (linguist) कहा जाता है जो प्राकृतिक भाषा का अध्ययन करते हैं। भाषावैज्ञानिक, बहुभाषी (polyglot), वैयाकरण ((a scholar of grammar) हो भी सकता है और नहीं भी हो सकता है।



A 
 Abel, Carl, Germany, comparative lexicography
 Abdul Haq, Maulvi (India, 1870–1961), Urdu language
 Abramson, Arthur S. (USA), phonetics
 Adams, Douglas Q. (USA), English language, comparative linguistics, Tocharian languages
 Adler, George J. (Germany/USA, 1821–1868), lexicography, German language, English language
 Aikhenvald, Alexandra Yurievna (Russia, 1957—), syntax, typology, Amazonian languages, Papuan languages, Hebrew language, Russian language
 Aitken, Adam Jack (UK, 1921–1998), lexicography
 Ajduković, Jovan (Serbia, 1968—), Slavic languages, sociolinguistics, contact linguistics, Russian language, Serbian language
 Albright, William Foxwell (USA, 1891–1971), Semitic languages
 Allan, Keith (Australia), semantics
 Alleyne, Mervyn Coleridge (Trinidad & Tobago/Jamaica, 1933—), creole languages
 Amerias (Greece), Ancient Macedonian language, lexicography
 Anderson, Gregory D.S. (USA), Munda languages
 Aoun, Joseph (Lebanon/USA), oriental languages, syntax
 Arisaka Hideyo (Japan, 1908—1952), Japanese language
 Aristar, Anthony (South Africa/USA, 1948—), linguistic infrastructure
 Aronoff, Mark (Canada, 1949—), morphology
 Ascoli, Graziadio Isaia (Italy, 1829–1907), Substrata, ladin language
 Austin, John Langshaw (UK, 1911–1960), philosophy of language, speech act
 Azad, Humayun (Bangladesh, 1947–2004), Bengali language

B 
 Bach, Emmon (USA, 1929—), syntax, phonology, Haisla language
 Badshah Munir Bukhari (Pakistan, 1978—) applied linguistics, languages of Northern Pakistan and Afghanistan
 Baker, Mark (USA), Mohawk language, generative grammar
 Bally, Charles (Switzerland, 1865–1947), French language, phraseology
 Bardovi-Harlig, Kathleen (USA, 1954—) second language acquisition, tense and aspect, pragmatics
 Bar-Hillel, Yehoshua (Israel, 1915–1975), machine translation, categorial grammar
 Barker, (Philip) Muhammad Abd-al-Rahman (USA, 1930—), Urdu language, Indian languages
 Barlow, Robert Hayward (USA, 1918–1951), Nahuatl language
 Barnhart, David K. (USA, 1941—), lexicography, English language
 Barnhart, Robert (USA, 1933–2007), lexicography, English language
 Barsky, Robert (USA), discourse analysis
 Bartlett, John Russell (USA, 1805–1886),
 Baudouin de Courtenay, Jan Niecisław (Poland, 1845–1929), phonology, Polish language
 Beckman, Mary E. (USA), phonetics, phonology
 Beckwith, Christopher (USA, 1945—), Asian languages, Tibetan language
 Bello, Andrés (Venezuela), Spanish language, Philology
 Bellugi, Ursula (USA), sign language, neurolinguistics
 Ben-Yehuda, Eliezer (Israel), Lexicography, Revival of the Hebrew language
 Bender, M. Lionel (USA), African languages
 Benedict, Paul K. (USA), Sino-Tibetan languages, Tai-Kadai languages, historical linguistics
 Berlitz, Charles Frambach (USA, 1914–2003), language acquisition
 Berlitz, Maximilian Delphinius (USA, 1852–1921), language acquisition
 Bhartrihari (India, 450–510), Sanskrit
 Bickerton, Derek (USA, 1926—), creole languages, origin of language
 Bleek, Wilhelm Heinrich Immanuel (Germany, 1827–1875), languages of Africa
 Bloch, Bernard (USA, 1907–1965), Japanese language
 Bloch, Jules (France, 1880–1953), languages of India
 Bloomfield, Leonard (USA, 1887–1949), structural linguistics
 Blust, Robert (USA), Austronesian languages
 Boas, Franz (USA, 1858–1942), indigenous languages of the Americas
 Boersma, Paul (Netherlands, 1959—), phonetics
 Bolinger, Dwight Le Merton (USA, 1907–1992), semantics, Spanish language
 Bomhard, Allan R. (USA, 1943—), Nostratic languages, historical linguistics
 Bopp, Franz (Germany, 1791–1867), Indo-European languages, comparative linguistics
 Boyd, Julian Charles (USA, 1931–2005), English language
 Bowerman, Melissa psycholinguistics, Language acquisition
 Bresnan, Joan (USA, 1945—), syntax
 Bright, William (USA, 1928–2006), Native American languages, South Asian languages
 Brody, Michael (Hungary, 1954—), syntax
 Browman, Catherine (phonetics, phonology)
 Brugmann, Karl (Germany, 1849–1919), Indo-European languages, Sanskrit, comparative linguistics
 Bucholtz, Mary (USA), sociolinguistics
 Burgess, Anthony (UK, 1917–1993), English, phonetics
 Burling, Robbins (USA, 1926—), languages of India
 Burridge, Kate (Australia), Germanic languages
 Butzkamm, Wolfgang (Germany, 1938—), applied linguistics, English language

C 
 Campbell, Lyle (USA), Native American languages
 Canger, Una (Denmark, 1938—), Mesoamerican languages
 Capell, Arthur (Australia, 1902–1986), Australian languages, Austronesian languages, Papuan languages
 Cardona, George (USA, Indo-European studies
 Carnap, Rudolf (Germany, 1891–1970), syntax, constructed languages
 Carnie, Andrew (Canada, 1969—), syntax
 Caro, Miguel A. (Colombia, 1843–1909), Spanish language, Colombian Spanish
 Carpenter, William Henry (USA, 1853–1936), Icelandic language
 Chadwick, John (UK, 1920–1998), Linear B
 Chafe, Wallace (USA, 1927—), cognitive linguistics, semantics
 Chao Yuen Ren (PR China, 1892–1982), Chinese language
 Chakrabarti, Byomkes (India, 1923–1981), Santali language, Bengali language, comparative linguistics
 Champollion, Jean-François (France, 1790–1832), Egyptian hieroglyphs
 Chambers, Jack (Canada, 1938—), sociolinguistics
 Charity Hudley, Anne Harper (USA), sociolinguistics
 Chatterji, Suniti Kumar (India, 1890–1977), Bengali language
 Choijinzhab (PR China, 1931—), Mongolian language
 Chomsky, Noam (USA, 1928—), syntax, universal grammar
 Choueiri, Lina (Lebanon), syntax, Lebanese Arabic
 Chyet, Michael L. (USA, 1957—), Kurdish language
 Clyne, Michael George (Australia), Germanic languages
 Cohen, Paul S. (USA), 1942—), phonology, etymology
 Collitz, Hermann (Germany/USA, 1855–1935), historical linguistics
 Comrie, Bernard (UK, 1947—), typology
 Cook, Guy (UK, 1951—), applied linguistics
 Coşeriu, Eugen (Romania/Germany, 1921–2002), Romance languages
 Cowgill, Warren (USA, 1929–1985), Indo-European studies
 Cowper, Elizabeth (Canada), syntax
 Croft, William (USA, 1956—), syntax, cognitive linguistics
 Crystal, David (UK, 1941—), English language, language death, applied linguistics
 Cuervo, Rufino Jose (Colombia, 1844–1911), Spanish language, Colombian Spanish
 Culicover, Peter W. (USA), syntax, language change
 Culioli, Antoine (France, 1924—), general linguistics
 Curme, George Oliver, Sr. (USA, 1860–1948), German language, English language

D 
 Dal, Vladimir (Russia, 1801–1872), lexicography, Russian language
 Dani, Ahmad Hasan (Pakistan, 1920–2009), South Asian languages
 Daniels, Peter T. (USA), writing systems
 Deacon, Terrence (USA), language change, origin of language, cognitive linguistics
 Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (Iran, 1879–1959), lexicography, Persian language
 Delbrück, Berthold (Germany, 1842–1922), Indo-European languages, syntax, comparative linguistics
 DeLozier, Judith (USA), neuro-linguistic programming
 Dempwolff, Otto (Germany, 1871–1938), Austronesian languages
 Diderichsen, Paul (Denmark, 1905–1964) Danish
 Diffloth, Gérard (USA), Mon-Khmer languages
 van Dijk, Teun Adrianus (Netherlands, 1943—), pragmatics, discourse analysis, text linguistics
 Dixon, Robert Malcolm Ward (Australia, 1939—), syntax, typology, Australian languages, Amazonian languages
 Dobrovský, Josef (Czech Republic, 1753–1829), Slavic languages, Czech language, lexicography
 Doke, Clement Martyn (South Africa, 1893–1980), Bantu languages, Lamba language
 Dolgopolsky, Aharon (Russia/Israel, 1930—), Nostratic languages
 Dorian, Nancy (USA), language death, Scottish Gaelic
 Dougherty, Ray C. (USA), transformational grammar, computational linguistics
 Dowty, David (USA), semantics, syntax
 Dozier, Edward P. (USA, 1916–1971), Native American languages, languages of the Philippines
 Dressler, Wolfgang U. (Austria, 1939—), phonology, morphology, text linguistics
 van Driem, George (Netherlands), Tibeto-Burman languages, symbiosism, Dzongkha language
 Duden, Konrad (Germany, 1829–1911), lexicography, German language
 Dunn, John Asher (USA), Tsimshian language

E 
 Edmondson, Jerold A. (USA), Tai-Kadai languages, languages of Southeast Asia
 Edwards, Jonathan, Jr. (USA, 1745–1801), North American languages, historical linguistics, Mohegan language
 Ehret, Christopher (USA), languages of Africa, historical linguistics
 Elgin, Suzette Haden (USA, 1936—), constructed languages, transformational grammar
 Elman, Jeffrey L. (USA), language processing, neurolinguistics
 Emeneau, Murray Barnson (USA, 1904–2005), Dravidian languages, linguist areas
 Esenç, Tevfik (Turkey 1904–1992), Ubykh language
 Evans, Nicholas (Australia, 1956—) Indigenous Australian languages, Papuan languages, typology
 Even-Shoshan, Avraham (Belarus/Israel, 1906–1984), Hebrew language, lexicography
 Everett, Daniel Leonard (USA, 1951—), languages of Brazil, Pirahã language
 Everson, Michael (USA/Ireland, 1963—), writing systems, historical linguistics

F 
 Fillmore, Charles J. (USA, 1929—), syntax, lexical semantics, cognitive linguistics, lexicography
 Firth, John Rupert (UK, 1890–1960), phonetics, phonology, prosody
 Fischer-Jørgensen, Eli (Denmark 1911—), phonetics, phonology, Danish language
 Fiske, Willard (USA, 1831–1904), Northern European languages, Icelandic language
 Fodor, Janet Dean (USA), psycholinguistics, semantics, syntax
 Fodor, Jerry Alan (USA, 1935—), psycholinguistics, language of thought
 Foley, William (Australia), Papuan languages, Austronesian languages
 Ford, Jeremiah Denis Mathias (USA, 1873–1958), Spanish language
 Fowler, Carol A. (USA), phonetics, phonology
 François, Alexandre (France), Austronesian languages, historical linguistics, language contact
 Freiman, Aleksandr Arnoldovich (Poland/Russia, 1879–1968), Iranian languages
 French, David Heath (USA, 1918–1994), Native American languages
 Friedrich, Johannes (Germany, 1893–1972), Hittite language
 Fromkin, Victoria (USA, 1923–2000), theoretical linguistics, constructed languages
 Fujitani Nariakira (Japan, 1738—1779), Japanese language

G 
 Galloway, Brent D. (USA, 1944—), Amerindian languages, Halkomelem language
 Gamkrelidze, Thomas V. (Georgia, 1929—), Indo-European studies, Georgian language
 Gans, Eric (USA, 1941—), origin of language
 Gazdar, Gerald (UK, 1950—), computational linguistics, syntax, semantics
 Gebauer, Jan (Czech Republic, 1838–1907), Czech language
 Geeraerts, Dirk (Belgium, 1955—), semantics, lexicography
 Givón, Talmy (Israel/USA, 1936—), syntax, semantics, pragmatics, typology, functionalism
 Giegerich, Heinz (Germany/UK), English language, phonology
 Gleason, Jean Berko (USA), psycholinguistics, language acquisition
 Goatly, Andrew (UK), English language, Chinese language
 Goddard, Cliff (Australia), semantics, pragmatics
 Goddard, R.H. Ives, III (USA), Algonquian languages, historical linguistics
 Gode, Alexander (Germany/USA, 1906–1970), constructed languages, Germanic languages
 Goldberg, Adele (USA, 1963—), syntax, psycholinguistics
 Goldsmith, John Anton (USA, 1951—), phonology, computational linguistics
 Goldstein, Louis M. (USA), phonetics, phonology
 Gong Hwang cherng (Republic of China, 1934–2010), Sino-Tibetan languages, Old Chinese, Tangut language
 Gordon, Cyrus Herzl (USA, 1908–2001), ancient languages, cuneiform script
 Gray, Louis Herbert (USA, 1875–1955), Indo-Iranian languages, phonology
 Greenberg, Joseph Harold (USA, 1915–2001), typology, language universals, languages of Africa
 Grice, (Herbert) Paul (UK/USA, 1913–1988), pragmatics
 Grierson, George Abraham (Ireland, 1851–1941), languages of India
 Gries, Stefan Th. (Germany/USA, 1970—), corpus linguistics, computational linguistics, cognitive linguistics, construction grammar
 Grimm, Jakob Ludwig Carl (Germany, 1785–1863), historical linguistics, comparative linguistics, German language
 Grinder, John Thomas (USA, 1940—), neurolinguistics
 Grube, Wilhelm (Germany, 1855–1908), Tungusic languages, Nivkh language, Jurchen language
 Guisepi, Robert A. (USA, 1949—), ancient languages
 Gumperz, John Joseph (USA, 1922—), sociolinguistics, discourse analysis, linguistic anthropology
 Gutiérrez Eskildsen, Rosario María (Mexico, 1899–1979), Spanish language, dialectology
 Guy, Gregory (USA), sociolinguistics, historical linguistics, phonetics, phonology

H 
 Haarmann, Harald (Germany, 1946—), evolutionary linguistics, language contact
 Haas, Mary Rosamund (USA, 1910–1996), Native American languages, Thai language, historical linguistics
 Hagberg, Carl August (Sweden, 1810–1864), Scandinavian languages
 Hajič, Jan (Czech Republic), computational linguistics
 Hajičová, Eva (Czech Republic), (1935—), corpus linguistics
 Hale, Kenneth Locke (USA, 1934–2001), syntax, phonology
 Hall, Kira (USA), sociocultural linguistics
 Hall, Richard Michael Ryan (USA, 1927–1996), historical linguistics, Indo-European studies, Nilotic languages
 Hall, Robert A., Jr. (USA, 1911–1997), Romance languages, Pidgins and Creoles
 Halle, Morris (Latvia/USA, 1923—), phonology, morphology
 Halliday, Michael Alexander Kirkwood (UK/Australia, 1925—), systemic functional grammar, ecolinguistics, applied linguistics
 Hammond, Michael (USA, 1957—), phonology, computational linguistics, syntax
 Hamp, Eric P. (USA, 1920—), Indo-European languages, Native American languages
 Harder, Peter (Denmark, 1950—), English language, functional linguistics
 Harkavy, Alexander (Belarus/USA, 1863–1939), Yiddish language, lexicography
 Harley, Heidi B. (USA, 1969—), distributed morphology, syntax
 Harrington, John Peabody (USA, 1884–1961), Native American languages, phonetics
 Harris, Roy (UK, 1931—), semiology, integrational linguistics
 Harris, Zellig Sabbetai (Ukraine/USA, 1909–1992), structural linguistics, discourse analysis, Semitic languages
 Hartmann, Reinhard Rudolf Karl (Austria/UK, 1938—) lexicography, contrastive linguistics
 Hashimoto Mantarō (Japan, 1932—1987), Japanese language
 Hashimoto Shinkichi (Japan, 1882–1945), Old Japanese language, Japanese language
 Haspelmath, Martin (Germany, 1963—), typology, language change, language contact, Lezgian language
 Haugen, Einar Ingvald (USA, 1906–1994), sociolinguistics, Old Norse
 Hawkins, Bruce Wayne (USA), cognitive linguistics
 Hawkins, John A. (UK), psycholinguistics, historical linguistics
 Hayakawa, Samuel Ichiye (Canada/USA, 1906–1992), semantics
 Hayes, Bruce (USA), phonology
 Hays, David Glenn (USA, 1928–1995), computational linguistics, machine translation, dependency grammar, corpus linguistics, natural language processing, cognitive science
 Heath, Jeffrey (USA), historical linguistics, morphology, linguistic anthropology
 Heim, Irene Roswitha (Germany/USA), semantics
 Heine, Bernd (Germany, 1939—), languages of Africa, sociolinguistics, language contact
 Herbert, Robert Knox (USA, 1952–2007), phonology, languages of Africa, sociolinguistics
 Hetzron, Robert (Hungary/USA, 1937–1997), Afro-Asiatic languages
 Hewitt, John Napoleon Brinton (USA, 1859–1937), Iroquoian languages
 Hjelmslev, Louis (Denmark, 1899–1965), comparative linguistics, semantics
 Hobbs, Jerry R. (United States, 1942—), computational linguistics, discourse analysis, syntax, semantics
 Hock, Hans Henrich (Germany/USA), historical linguistics, comparative linguistics, Sanskrit
 Michael Hoey (United Kingdom), lexical priming, textual interaction, corpus linguistics
 Hepburn, James Curtis (USA, 1815–1911), Japanese language, lexicography
 Hockett, Charles Francis (USA, 1916–2000), phonology, morphology
 Hoffmann, John-Baptist (Germany, 1857–1928), Mundari language
 Hoijer, Harry (USA, 1904–1976), Athabaskan languages, Tonkawa language
 Hopper, Paul (UK/USA), historical linguistics, emergent grammar
 Hornstein, Norbert (USA), syntax
 Hrozný, Bedřich (Czech Republic, 1879–1952), Hittite language, ancient languages
 von Humboldt, Wilhelm (Germany, 1787–1835), Basque language
 Huddleston, Rodney D. (UK/Australia), English language
 Hudson, Richard (UK, 1939—), syntax, word grammar
 Hupel, August Wilhelm (Germany/Estonia, 1737–1819), Estonian language, lexicography
 Hyman, Larry M. (USA, 1947—), phonology, languages of Africa
 Hymes, Dell Hathaway (USA, 1927—), sociolinguistics, Kathlamet language

I 
 Illich-Svitych, Vladislav Markovich (Ukraine/Russia, 1934–1966), comparative linguistics, Nostratic languages
 Ivanov, Vyacheslav Vsevolodovich (Russia, 1929—), Indo-European studies
 Ivić, Pavle (Serbia, 1924–1999), South Slavic languages, phonology, Serbocroatian language

J 
 Jackendoff, Ray (USA, 1945—), syntax, lexical semantics
 Jackson, Abraham Valentine Williams (USA, 1862–1937), Indo-Iranian languages, Avestan language
 Jackson, Kenneth Hurlstone (UK, 1909–1991), Brythonic languages, Gaelic languages
 Jacques, Guillaume (France), Old Chinese, Rgyalrongic languages, Tangut language
 Jagić, Vatroslav (Croatia, 1838–1923), Croatian language, Slavic languages
 Jakobson, Roman Osipovich (Russia/Czech Republic/USA, 1896–1982), structuralism, phonology
 Jarring, Gunnar (Sweden, 1907–2002), Turkic languages
 Jaszczolt, Katarzyna (UK), semantics, pragmatics, philosophy of language
 Jaunius, Kazimieras (Lithuania, 1848–1908), Lithuanian language, comparative linguistics
 Jendraschek, Gerd (Germany), Basque language, Turkish language, Iatmul language
 Jespersen, Otto (Denmark, 1860–1943), English language, phonetics, constructed languages
 Johnson, David E. (USA, 1946—), syntax
 Jones, Daniel (UK, 1881–1967), phonetics
 Jones, Sir William (UK, 1746–1794), Indo-European studies, Sanskrit, comparative linguistics
 Joshi, Aravind Krishana (India/USA, 1929—), computational linguistics
 Junast (PR China, 1934—), Mongolian language, Monguor language, Eastern Yugur language, Phags-pa script
 Jurafsky, Daniel (USA), computational linguistics

K 
 Kaplan, Ronald M. (USA), computational linguistics
 Karadžić, Vuk Stefanović (Serbia, 1787–1864), Serbian language, lexicography
 Kari, James (USA), Native American languages
 Kasravi, Ahmad (Iran, 1890–1946), ancient languages, Iranian languages
 Katz, Jerrold J. (USA, 1932–2002), semantics, generative grammar
 Kaufman, Terrence (USA), historical linguistics, contact linguistics, Mesoamerican languages
 Kay, Martin (UK, USA), computational linguistics
 Kay, Paul (USA), construction grammar
 Kayne, Richard (USA), syntax, transformational grammar
 Kazama Kiyozō (Japan, 1928—), Japanese language
 Kazama Shinjirō (Japan, 1965—), Japanese language
 Keating, Patricia (USA), phonetics
 Keenan, Edward (USA), typology, semantics, Malagasy language
 Kellogg, Samuel H. (USA), Hindi language
 Kenyon, John Samuel (USA, 1874–1959), English language, lexicography, phonology
 Keyser, Samuel Jay (USA, 1935—), phonology, English language
 Kiesling, Scott Fabius (USA), sociolinguistics
 Kindaichi Haruhiko (Japan, 1913–2004), Japanese language
 Kindaichi Kyōsuke (Japan, 1882–1971), Ainu language
 Kinkade, M. Dale (USA, 1933–2004), Salishan languages
 Kiparsky, Paul (Finland/USA, 1941—), phonology, morphology
 Klima, Edward (USA, 1931–2008), sign language
 Knechtges, David R. (USA), East Asian languages, Chinese language
 Knorozov, Yuri Valentinovich (Russia, 1922–1999), Maya hieroglyphics, writing systems
 Kober, Alice (UK/USA, 1906–1950), Linear B
 Koene, Net (Netherlands, 1946—), semantics
 Kornai András (Hungary/USA, 1957—), mathematical linguistics, phonology, morphology, Hungarian language, syntax
 Korsakov, Andrey Konstantinovich (Russia/Ukraine, 1916–2007), Germanic languages, English language, morphology, syntax
 Korzybski, Alfred Habdank Skarbek (Poland/USA, 1879–1950), general semantics
 Koster, Jan (Netherlands, 1945—), generative grammar
 Krahe, Hans (Germany, 1898–1965), Indo-European languages, Illyrian language
 Krashen, Stephen (USA, 1941—), second language acquisition
 Kratzer, Angelika (USA/Germany), semantics
 Krauss, Michael E. (USA, 1941—), Native American languages
 Krishnamurti, Bhadriraju (India, 1929—), Dravidian languages
 Kroeber, Alfred Louis (USA, 1876–1960), Native American languages
 Kucera, Henry (Czech Republic/USA, 1925—), computational linguistics
 Kuno Susumu (Japan/USA, 1933—), Dravidian languages, Japanese language, syntax
 Kurath, Hans (Austria/USA, 1891–1992), English language, lexicography, dialectology
 Kuroda Shigeyuki (Japan, 1934—2009), Japanese language
 Kuryłowicz, Jerzy (Poland, 1895–1978), Indo-European languages, syntax, morphology
 Kychanov, Evgenij Ivanovich (Russia, 1932—), Tangut language

L 
 Labov, William (USA, 1927—), sociolinguistics, phonology, English language
 Lado, Robert (USA, 1915–1995), applied linguistics, contrastive analysis
 Ladefoged, Peter Nielsen (UK/USA, 1925–2006), phonetics, endangered languages
 Laird, Charlton (USA, 1901–1984), lexicography, English language
 Lakoff, George P. (USA, 1941—), cognitive linguistics, transformational grammar, generative semantics, syntax
 Lakoff, Robin Tolmach (USA, 1942—), sociolinguistics
 Lamb, Sydney MacDonald (USA, 1929—), stratificational grammar, Native American languages, historical linguistics, computational linguistics
 Lambdin, Thomas Oden (USA), Semitic languages, Egyptian language
 Langacker, Ronald W. (USA, 1942—), cognitive linguistics
 Langdon, Margaret (USA, d. 2005), Native American languages
 LaPolla, Randy J. (USA), morpho-syntax, Chinese, Qiang, Rawang
 Lasersohn, Peter (USA), semantics
 Lasnik, Howard (USA, 1945—), syntax
 Lawler, John (USA), syntax, semantics, computational linguistics
 Laycock, Donald (Australia, —1988), languages of Papua New Guinea
 Leech, Geoffrey (UK) applied linguistics, English language
 Lees, Robert (USA, 1922–1996), machine translation
 Lehmann, Winfred P. (USA, 1916–2007), historical linguistics, Proto-Indo-European language
 Lepsius, Karl Richard (Germany, 1810–1884), Egyptian language, Nubian languages, phonology
 Leskien, August (Germany, 1840–1916), comparative linguistics, Baltic languages, Slavic languages
 Levinson, Stephen C. (UK/Netherlands), pragmatics
 Levstik, Fran (Slovenia, 1831–1881), Slovene language
 Li Fanwen (PR China, 1932—), Tangut language
 Li Fanggui (PR China/USA, 1902–1987), Mattole language, Tai languages, Old Chinese, Tibetan language
 Li, Paul Jen-kuei (Taiwan), Formosan languages, Austronesian languages, historical linguistics, lexicography
 Liberman, Alvin Meyer (USA, 1917–2000), speech perception, phonology
 Liberman, Anatoly (Russia/USA), etymology, Germanic languages
 Liberman, Mark (USA), phonetics, prosody
 Lieber, Rochelle (USA, 1954—), morphology, syntax, lexical semantics
 Lieberman, Philip (USA, phonetics, language evolution
 Lisker, Leigh (USA, 1918–2006), phonetics, Dravidian languages
 Local, John (UK, 1947—), phonetics, phonology, conversation analysis
 Lounsbury, Floyd Glenn (USA, 1914–1998), Native American languages, Mayan languages
 Lowman, Guy Sumner, Jr. (USA, 1909–1941), phonetics
 Ludlow, Peter (USA, 1957—), syntax, semantics
 Lukoff, Fred (USA, 1920–2000), Korean language, phonology
 Lunde, Ken (USA, 1965—), East Asian languages
 Lynch, John (Australia, 1946—), Austronesian languages, historical linguistics

M 
 MacWhinney, Brian (USA, 1945—), language acquisition, second language acquisition, corpus linguistics
 Maddieson, Ian (USA), phonetics
 Malkiel, Yakov (USA, 1914–1998), etymology, philology
 Mallinson, Christine (USA, 1978—), sociolinguistics
 Manaster Ramer, Alexis (USA/Poland), phonology, syntax, poetics, etymology
 Marantz, Alec (USA), distributed morphology
 March, Francis Andrew (USA, 1825–1911), comparative linguistics, lexicography, Old English language, English language
 Margolis, Max Leopold (Lithuania/USA, 1866–1932), Semitic languages
 Maxine Berntsen | Indian, Sociolinguistic Variation in Phaltan language 
 Marr, Nikolay Yakovlevich (Georgia/Russia, 1865–1934), historical linguistics, comparative linguistics, origin of language
 Martin, Samuel Elmo (USA, 1924–2009), Korean language, Japanese language
 Martinet, André (France, 1908–1999), structuralism, historical linguistics, constructed languages
 Martinet, Jeanne (France, 1920—), semiotics, constructed languages
 Mathesius, Vilém (Czech Republic, 1882–1945), phonology, syntax, English language, Czech language
 Matisoff, James A. (USA, 1937—), Tibeto-Burman languages, phonology
 Matthews, Peter Hugoe (UK, 1934—), morphology, syntax
 Matthews, Stephen (UK/PR China), typology, syntax, semantics, Cantonese language
 Mattingly, Ignatius G. (USA, 1927–2004), phonetics, speech synthesis, speech perception
 McCarthy, John J. (USA, 1953—), phonology, morphology, optimality theory
 McCawley, James D. (UK/USA, 1938–1999), syntax, semantics, phonology
 McCune, George McAfee (North Korea/USA, 1908–1988), Korean language
 McNamara, Barbara (USA), Chinese language
 McWhorter, John Hamilton (USA, 1965—), creole languages, Saramaccan language
 Meinhof, Carl Friedrich Michael (Germany, 1857–1944), languages of Africa
 Melchert, H. Craig (USA), Anatolian languages
 Michaelis, Laura A. (USA), syntax, English language
 Miklošič, Franc (Slovenia/Austria, 1813–1891), Slavic languages
 Miller, Roy Andrew (USA, 1924—), Tibetan language
 Mithun, Marianne (USA, 1946—), Native American languages
 Mitxelena Elissalt, Koldo (Spain, 1915–1987), Basque language
 Miura Tsutomu (Japan, 1911–1989), Japanese language
 Miyake, Marc (USA, 1971—), historical linguistics, Old Japanese, Tangut language
 Mönkh-Amgalan, Yümjiriin (Mongolia), pragmatics, semantics, syntax, Mongolian language, dialectology
 Mori Hiromichi (Japan, 1949—), Japanese language
 Motoori Norinaga (Japan, 1730–1801), Japanese language
 Motoori Haruniwa (Japan, 1763–1828), Japanese language
 Montague, Richard Merett (USA, 1930–1971), semantics, philosophy of language
 Moro, Andrea (Italy, 1962—), syntax, copula, expletive, antisymmetry, neurolinguistics
 Moser, Edward W. (USA), Seri language
 Mufwene, Salikoko (USA), creole languages, African American Vernacular English, language evolution
 Munro, Pamela (USA), Native American languages, lexicography
 Murayama Shichirō (Japan, 1908—1995), Japanese language
 Murray, James (UK, 1837–1915), lexicography, English language, etymology
 Myers-Scotton, Carol (USA, 1934—), language contact

N 
 Nábělková, Mira (Slovakia), lexical semantics, sociolinguistics
 Nádasdy Ádám (Hungary), phonology, morphophonology
 Napoli, Donna Jo (USA), 1948—), syntax, phonetics, phonology, Japanese language
 Neeleman, Ad (Netherlands/UK, 1964—), syntax, semantics, phonology, generative grammar
 Nelson, Andrew Nathaniel (USA, 1893–1975), Japanese language, lexicography
 Nevsky, Nikolai Aleksandrovich (Russia, 1892–1937), Tangut language
 Newmeyer, Frederick J. (USA, 1944—), syntax, origin of language
 Nichols, Johanna (USA), languages of the Caucasus, Chechen language, Ingush language, typology
 Nishida Tatsuo (Japan, 1928—), Tangut language
 Nolan, Francis (UK), phonetics
 Noreen, Adolf Gotthard (Sweden, 1854–1925), dialectology, historical linguistics, Germanic languages
 Nunberg, Geoffrey (USA), lexical semantics, English language

O 
 Odden, David A. (USA), phonology, African linguistics, Bantu languages
 Ohala, John (USA), phonetics, phonology
 Okrand, Marc (USA), Klingon language, Native American language, constructed languages
 Ōno Susumu (Japan, 1919–2008), Japanese language, Tamil language
 Orešnik, Janez (Slovenia, 1935—), comparative linguistics
 Orikuchi Shinobu (Japan, 1887—1953), Japanese language
 Orton, Harold (UK, 1898–1975), phonology, dialectology, English dialects
 Osthoff, Hermann (Germany, 1847–1909), Indo-European studies, historical linguistics
 Ōtsuki Fumihiko (Japan, 1847—1928), Japanese language

P 
  (India, ca. 520–460 BC), Sanskrit, morphology, descriptive linguistics, generative linguistics
 Partee, Barbara Hall (USA, 1940—), semantics
 Paul, Hermann Otto Theodor (Germany, 1846–1921), lexicography, German language
 Pawley, Andrew Kenneth (Australia/New Zealand, 1941), Austronesian languages, Papuan languages, lexicography, phraseology
 Pedersen, Holger (Denmark, 1867–1953), Celtic languages, historical linguistics, Nostratic languages
 Pedersen, Johannes (Demark, 1883–1977), Hebrew language
 Pei, Mario Andrew (Italy/USA, 1901–1978), Italian language, Indo-European languages
 Pesetsky, David Michael (USA, 1957—), transformational grammar
 Phillipson, Robert (UK/Denmark, 1942—), language policy
 Pierrehumbert, Janet (USA, phonetics, phonology
 Pike, Kenneth Lee (USA, 1912–2000), English language, constructed languages, tagmemics
 Pilch, Herbert (Germany, 1927—), Old English, Celtic languages, phonetics
 Pimsleur, Paul (USA), language acquisition, French language, phonetics
 Pinker, Steven (Canada/USA, 1954—), language acquisition, syntax, semantics
 Piron, Claude (Switzerland, 1931–2008), Esperanto, psycholinguistics
 Pollard, Carl Jesse (USA, 1947—), syntax, semantics
 Pollock, Jean-Yves (France), syntax
 Poppe, Nicholas (Russia, 1897–1991), Mongolic languages
 Postal, Paul M. (USA, 1936—), syntax, semantics
 Primer, Sylvester (USA, 1842–1912), English language, dialectology, phonetics, Germanic languages
 Prince, Alan Sanford (USA, 1946—), optimality theory, phonology
 Pulgram, Ernst (Austria/USA, 1915–2005), Romance languages, Italic languages
 Pullum, Geoffrey K. (UK/USA, 1945—), syntax, English language
 Pustejovsky, James D. (USA), natural language processing, computational linguistics, semantics

Q 
 Quirk, Charles Randolph (UK/Germany, 1920—), English language

R 
 Rael, Juan Bautista (USA, 1900–1993), phonology, morphology, New Mexican Spanish
 Rask, Rasmus Christian (Denmark, 1787–1832), lexicography, comparative linguistics, Indo-European language
 Ratliff, Martha (USA), Hmong-Mien languages, historical linguistics
 Read, Allen Walker (USA, 1906—2002), etymology, lexicography, English language
 Reinhart, Tanya (Israel, 1943–2007), syntax
 Rickford, John Russell (USA), sociolinguistics, African American Vernacular English
 Rizzi, Luigi (Italy, 1952—), syntax, language acquisition
 Roberts, Ian G. (UK, 1957—), syntax
 Rock, Joseph Francis Charles (Austria/USA/PR China, 1884–1962), Naxi language, lexicography
 Rosenblat, Ángel (Poland/Venezuela, 1902–1984), Lexicography, Venezuelan Spanish, Philology
 Ross, John Robert (USA, 1938—), semantics, syntax
 Ross, Malcolm David (Australia, 1942—), Austronesian languages, Papuan languages, historical linguistics, language contact
 Rubach, Jerzy (Poland/USA, 1948—), phonology, Polish language
 Rubin, Philip E. (USA, 1949—), articulatory synthesis, phonology
 Ruhlen, Merritt (USA), typology, historical linguistics

S 
 Sacks, Harvey (USA, 1935–1975), conversation analysis
 Sadock, Jerrold (USA), syntax, morphology, pragmatics, Greenlandic language, Yiddish language
 Sag, Ivan (USA, 1949—), syntax, construction grammar
 Sagart, Laurent (France), Chinese linguistics and Austronesian languages
 Sakaguchi, Alicja (Poland/Germany, 1954—), interlinguistics, Esperanto
 Salo, David (USA, 1969—), constructed languages, Tocharian languages, Elvish languages
 Sampson, Geoffrey (UK, 1944—), philosophy of language
 Sánchez Carrión, José María (Spain, 1952—), Basque language, sociolinguistics, historical linguistics
 राहुल सांकृत्यायन (भारत, 1893–1963), तिब्बती भाषा, हिन्दी भाषा
 Sapir, Edward (Germany/USA, 1884–1939), Native American languages, constructed languages, semantics
 Saunders, Irene (USA/PR China), lexicography, Chinese language
 de Saussure, Ferdinand (Switzerland/France, 1857–1913), semantics, Indo-European studies, structural linguistics
 Sayce, Archibald Henry (UK, 1846–1933), Akkadian language
 Schegloff, Emanuel (USA), conversation analysis
 Schleicher, August (Germany, 1821–1868), Indo-European studies, language development, historical linguistics
 Schmidt, Johannes (Germany, 1843–1901), historical linguistics, Indo-European studies
 Schmidt, Wilhelm (Germany/Austria/Switzerland, 1868–1954), Mon-Khmer languages
 Schwarzschild, Roger (USA), semantics, pragmatics
 Searle, John Rogers (USA, 1932—), philosophy of language, pragmatics
 Sen, Sukumar (India, 1900–1992), Bengali language
 Sequoyah (USA, 1767–1843), Cherokee language
 Setälä, Eemil Nestor (Finland, 1864–1935), Finnish language, Uralic languages
 Sgall, Petr (Czech republic, 1926—), syntax
 Shackle, Christopher (UK, 1942—), Urdu language, Punjabi language
 Shepard-Kegl, Judy (USA), Nicaraguan Sign Language
 Shevoroshkin, Vitaly Victorovich (Russia/USA), Slavic languages, Nostratics
 Shinmura Izuru (Japan, 1876—1967), Japanese language
 Sibawayh (Iran, ca. 760–796), Arabic language
 Sidwell, Paul (Australia), Mon-Khmer languages, historical linguistics
 Sievers, Eduard (Germany, 1850–1932), Germanic languages, historical linguistics
 Sihler, Andrew Littleton (USA, 1941), comparative linguistics, Indo-European languages
 Sinclair, John McHardy (UK, 1933–2007), applied linguistics, corpus linguistics, discourse analysis
 Skeat, Walter W. (UK, 1835–1912), Old English, Middle English, etymology, philology
 Skinner, B.F. (USA, 1905–1992), Verbal behavior
 Skousen, Royal (United States, 1945—), language modeling
 Smith, Neilson Voyne (UK, 1939—), syntax, language acquisition
 Smolensky, Paul (USA, 1955—), phonology, optimality theory, syntax
 Starostin, Georgiy Sergeevich (Russia, 1976–), comparative linguistics, historical linguistics, Nostratics, Proto-World
 Starostin, Sergei Anatolyevich (Russia, 1953–2005), comparative linguistics, historical linguistics, Nostratics, Proto-World
 Steels, Luc (Belgium), computational linguistics, evolutionary linguistics
 Stetson, Raymond Herbert (USA, —1950), phonetics
 Stieber, Zdzisław (Poland, 1903–1980), Slavic languages, phonology
 Stokoe, William (USA, 1919–2000), American Sign Language, cherology.
 Suzuki Takao (Japan, 1926—), Japanese language, sociolinguistics
 Swadesh, Morris (USA, 1909–1967), typology, historical linguistics, Native American languages, lexicostatistics
 Sweet, Henry (UK, 1845–1912), Germanic languages, phonetics
 Sweetser, Eve (USA), cognitive linguistics, semantics, historical linguistics, Celtic languages

T 
 Talmy, Leonard (USA), cognitive linguistics, semantics, Yiddish language, Native American languages
 Tannen, Deborah Frances (USA, 1945—), discourse analysis
 Teeter, Karl van Duyn (USA, 1929–2007), Algic languages, endangered languages
 Thieberger, Nicholas (Australia), Indigenous Australian languages
 Thomas, Calvin (USA, 1854–1919), Germanic languages, German language
 Thomason, Sarah Grey (USA), language contact, historical linguistics, typology, Montana Salish
 Thompson, John Eric Sidney (UK, 1898–1975), Maya languages, Maya hieroglyphics
 Thompson, Sandra A. (USA), syntax, discourse analysis, Mandarin language
 Tokieda Motoki (Japan, 1900–1967), Japanese language
 Tolkien, John Ronal Reuel (UK, 1892–1973), Old English language, constructed languages, Sindarin, Quenya
 Toporišič, Jože (Slovenia, 1926—), Slovene language
 Trager, George Leonard (USA, 1906–1992), phonemics, paralanguage, semantics
 Trask, Robert Lawrence (USA, 1944–2004), Basque language, historical linguistics, origin of language
 Trubetzkoy, Nikolai Sergeyevich (Russia/Austria, 1890–1938), structural linguistics, morphology, phonology
 Trudgill, Peter (UK, 1943—), sociolinguistics, English language, dialectology
 Tuite, Kevin (USA, 1954—), Caucasian languages, Georgian language
 Turner, Mark (USA), cognitive linguistics

U 
 Ullendorff, Edward (UK, 1920—), Semitic languages
 Unger, James Marshall (USA, 1947—), Japanese language, historical linguistics, writing systems
 Upton, Clive (UK), English language, sociolinguistics, dialectology

V 
 Vajda, Edward (USA), Ket language, historical linguistics, Na-Dené languages, comparative linguistics
 van Valin, Robert D. (USA, 1952—), syntax, semantics, cognitive linguistics
 Valli, Clayton (USA, —2003), American Sign Language,
 Vasmer, Max (Russia/Germany, 1886–1962), etymology, historical linguistics, Russian language
 Vaux, Bert (USA, 1968—), phonology, morphology, Armenian language
 Veltman, Calvin (USA/Canada/France), sociolinguistics
 Vendler, Zeno (USA, 1921–2004), philosophy of language, event structure
 Ventris, Michael George Francis (UK, 1922–1956), Linear B, Archaic Greek
 Verner, Karl (Denmark, 1846–1896), phonology, comparative linguistics, historical linguistics, Indo-European phonology
 Voloshinov, Valentin Nikolaevich (Russia, 1895–1936), semantics
 Vovin, Alexander (Russia/USA), Japanese language, languages of Siberia, Korean language, Ainu language, Central Asian languages

W 
 Wackernagel, Jacob (Switzerland, 1853–1938), Indo-European studies, Sanskrit
 Wang Li (PR China, 1900–1986), Chinese language
 Watanabe Shōichi (Japan, 1930—), Japanese language
 Watkins, Calvert (USA), comparative linguistics, Indo-European languages
 Weeks, Raymond (USA, 1863–1954), phonetics, French language
 Weinreich, Max (Latvia/USA, 1893–1969), Yiddish language
 Weinreich, Uriel (Poland/USA, 1926–1967), sociolinguistics, dialectology, semantics, Yiddish language
 Wells, John Christopher (UK, 1939—), phonetics, Esperanto,
 Westermann, Diedrich Hermann (Germany, 1875–1956), languages of Africa, typology
 Westphal, Ernst Oswald Johannes (South Africa/UK, 1919–1990), Bantu languages, Khoisan languages
 Whalen, Douglas H. (USA), phonology, endangered languages
 Wheeler, Benjamin Ide (United States, 1954–1927), historical linguistics, comparative linguistics, Greek language
 White, Lydia (United Kingdom/Canada), second language acquisition
 Whitney, William Dwight (USA, 1827–1894), lexicography, Sanskrit, English language
 Whorf, Benjamin Lee (USA, 1897–1941), Native American languages, Maya script
 Wichmann, Søren (Denmark, 1964—), Mesoamerican languages, Mixe-Zoque languages, Mayan languages, Maya script
 Widdowson, Henry G. (UK), English language, discourse analysis
 Wierzbicka, Anna (Poland/Australia, 1938—), semantics, pragmatics
 Williams, Nicholas Jonathan Anselm (UK/Ireland, 1942—), Cornish language, Irish language, Manx language, phonology,
 Williams, Samuel Wells (USA/China, 1812–1884), Chinese language, lexicography
 Wilson, Robert Dick (USA, 1856–1930), comparative linguistics, Hebrew language, Syriac language
 Wittmann, Henri (France/Canada, 1937—), French language, creole languages, morphology, comparative linguistics
 Wolvengrey, Arok (Canada), Cree language, syntax, Native American languages, lexicography
 Wurm, Stephen Adolphe (Hungary/Australia, 1922–2001), Australian Aboriginal languages, Papuan languages

X

Y 
 Yamada Yoshio (Japan, 1873—1958), Japanese language
 Yiakoumetti, Androula (Cyprus), Greek language, dialectology
 Yngve, Victor (USA, 1920—), computational linguistics, natural language processing
 Young, Robert W. (USA, 1912–2007), Navajo language, lexicography

Z 
 Zamenhof, Ludwik Łazarz (Poland, 1859-1917), Esperanto
 Zepeda, Ofelia (USA, 1952-), O'odham language
 Zhang, Niina Ning (PR China), formal syntax, morphology
 Zhou Youguang (PR China, 1903-), orthography, Romanization of Chinese
 Zuazo, Koldo (Spain, 1956-), Basque dialectology, sociolinguistics
 गिलाड ज़ुकरमैन (Zuckermann, Ghil'ad) (इज़राइल, इटली, यूनाइटेड किंगडम, ऑस्ट्रेलिया, 1971-), भाषा पुनर्जीवन, भाषा सम्पर्क, कोशविज्ञान, 
 Zwicky, Arnold (USA, 1940-), syntax, morphology

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